It seemed unfathomable that Jobs would lose two battles the same way a generation apart. But with so many similarities between the two dogfights -- Microsoft vs Apple, Apple vs Google -- it was hard not to think about it.

The recent introduction of the iPhone 5s marks the 6th year since the arrival of the modern smartphones. Whether it's the iPhone or Android smartphones, these mobile devices have become an essential part of our lives and culture. TV commercials often promote the latest phones that push the envelope in functionality and fashion. Consumers have ...

Building 16 at Facebook headquarters is home to the Fishbowl, Mark Zuckerberg's private all-glass corner conference room that sits beneath a red vintage sign that reads "The Hacker Company." Not far from the sign -- a very visual proclamation that the social networking giant is eternally intent on building new stuff and improving the stuff ...

"You've no idea what I've done," Khalil Shreateh said, bursting into the kitchen of his family's stone-and-concrete house in the South Hebron Hills. The stocky 30-year-old Palestinian ran a hand through his already haphazard hair. "I just posted on Mark Zuckerberg's wall."

You've probably heard that Android is free and open source. But that's not entirely true, and the team behind Replicant wants to change that. Replicant is an independent version of Android that includes no proprietary software whatsoever. But the Replicant team doesn't like the term open source. They prefer the term "free software," because to them, Replicant is all about freedom.

Motorola is concocting what it hopes will be much more than an odd and expensive interactive cartoon. The company has set out to build a new platform that uses contemporary technology ¿ powerful computation, smart sensors, vivid mobile displays ¿ to reinvent the age-old practice of narrative itself.

A new battle among the tech titans has begun. What are Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and a handful of others fighting over, using vast amounts of money, hardware and top talent as weapons? This battle is over. Who will solve the scalability and performance issues of semantic computing, the data model for Web 3.0 ...

At this week's Apple iPad event, Tim Cook announced that the iOS 7 was the fastest software update in history and that roughly 64% of iOS devices are already running on the new system. This is quite an impressive feat, especially considering that the iOS 7 is the biggest update to the iPhone since it ...

You think the brand new cylindrical Mac Pro is a leap into the future? It's got nothing on the Lisa, Apple's very first machine for business professionals, released three decades before its Mac Pro descendent.

Leading mobile, web and social companies such as Google, Apple and Facebook are driving towards paradigm shifts in redefining user experience. Such experiences include intelligent voice driven interfaces and predictive personalized discovery of content as represented in services such as Google NOW, Facebook Graph Search and Apple Siri, for example. As users experience such shifts in ...

Vine rolled out an app update today with two new features designed to help users shoot better video. According to the company's blog post, Vine added features it's calling Sessions and Time Travel -- which are tools to save posts as drafts, and edit the clips in a video timeline, respectively. The update is available now for iOS and Android.

Want to see social media being truly social? Look at what people are doing with their Twitter names right now. In the field for your display name on your Twitter profile settings, the company helpfully tells you to "enter your real name, so people you know can recognize you." Pshaw. Where's the fun in that, ...

Apple announced new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros on Tuesday. With six configurations to choose from, it can be a tricky purchasing decision. Don't sweat it. We've picked a model from each size class just for you.